Nigerian former vice president and 2019 PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has distanced himself from Ray Hushpuppi after the ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) called for an investigation over his alleged links with the cyber criminal.
Well, the ruling party in a statement released by Yekini Nabena, its National Publicity Secretary, called on the relevant security agencies to investigate the links Ray Hushpuppi had with some PDP top members in the likes of Bukola Saraki, Yakubu Dogara and Dino Melaye.
While, reacting to the statement released by APC, the media aide to the former Vice President, Paul Ibe, stated that the picture of Ray Hushpuppi and Atiku going viral was just a mere photo-op and not at any meeting as is being speculated.
The statement from Ibe read in parts;
”It is curious that the All Progressives Congress is mischievously trying to link Atiku Abubakar to the alleged fraudster, Ramon Abbas, AKA Hushpuppi, simply because he was photographed with Atiku at an event where many Nigerians had gathered.
For the avoidance of doubt, it was a mere photo-op and not at any meeting as being ingloriously speculated. We would advise the APC and Mr. Nabena to be very mindful of such senseless statements in the future especially as the case under reference is a subject of litigation in another country.
Had they been more sensitive, they would have come to terms with the reality that the case is a national embarrassment – not something to cheer about for any political blackmail.”
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